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  • SpaceX Grasshopper moves to New Mexico

    20:02 07 May 2013Commercial Launch Services Space Tourism

    SpaceX is moving its reusable rocket test bed to Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The move confirms big plans for the test...


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  • Air launch systems begin to come of age

    10:45 14 May 2013

    An ageing Airbus A300, currently used to train astronauts in zero- g flight, is about to find another use as the first...


  • SpaceX Grasshopper moves to New Mexico

    20:02 07 May 2013

    SpaceX is moving its reusable rocket test bed to Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The move...


  • IN FOCUS: SpaceShipTwo makes first powered flight

    15:30 03 May 2013

    Space tourism venture completes 16s in-flight engine burn, bringing commercial suborbital flights this year a step...


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  • Air launch systems begin to come of age

    News | 14 May 2013 10:45 | David Todd

    An ageing Airbus A300, currently used to train astronauts in zero- g flight, is about to find another use as the first stage of a new air-launched...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Air-launch-systems-begin-to-come-of-age-385811/

  • SpaceX Grasshopper moves to New Mexico

    News | 07 May 2013 20:02 | Zach Rosenberg

    SpaceX is moving its reusable rocket test bed to Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The move confirms big plans for the test...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SpaceX-Grasshopper-moves-to-New-Mexico-385575/

  • IN FOCUS: SpaceShipTwo makes first powered flight

    News | 03 May 2013 15:30 | Zach Rosenberg

    Space tourism venture completes 16s in-flight engine burn, bringing commercial suborbital flights this year a step closer...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/IN-FOCUS-SpaceShipTwo-makes-first-powered-flight-385471/

  • SpaceShipTwo ignites engine in-flight

    News | 29 Apr 2013 15:06 | Zach Rosenberg

    Virgin Galactic has conducted the first powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, the crewed suborbital vehicle set to become the first capable of routine commercial...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SpaceShipTwo-ignites-engine-in-flight-385276/

  • New Mexico spaceflight liability bill signed into law

    News | 03 Apr 2013 21:58 | Zach Rosenberg

    The Governor of New Mexico has signed a bill extending liability waivers for spaceflight companies in the state. The bill allows commercial spaceflight...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/New-Mexico-spaceflight-liability-bill-signed-into-law-384188/

  • SpaceShipTwo returns to flight with integrated motor

    News | 20 Dec 2012 20:58 | Zach Rosenberg

    Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, a suborbital spacecraft, has made its first glide flight with its hybrid rocket engine installed.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SpaceShipTwo-returns-to-flight-with-integrated-motor-380466/

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  • What is Musk building in there?

    Blog | 05 Jun 2013 17:26 | Zach Rosenberg

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/06/what-is-musk-building-in-there.html

  • An ex-NASA astronaut and a former test pilot joint Virgin Galactic's pilot Corps

    Blog | 31 May 2013 15:50 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/05/an-ex-nasa-astronaut-and-a-for.html

  • There looks to be a little wing rock on SpaceShipTwo

    Blog | 30 Apr 2013 16:50 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/04/there-looks-to-be-a-little-win.html

  • Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo ignites main engine and goes supersonic

    Blog | 30 Apr 2013 08:27 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/04/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-i.html

  • Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is currently insured as an aviation risk rather than a space one

    Blog | 04 Feb 2013 11:27 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2013/02/space-tourism-is-it-a-bird-is.html

  • Flight International's 2013 forecasts

    Blog | 04 Jan 2013 13:45 | Murdo Morrison

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international-editors-blog//2013/01/flight-internationals-2013-forecasts.html

  • IAC Naples: Notes on the International Astronautical Congress (Updated)

    Blog | 10 Oct 2012 13:45 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/10/iac-naples-review-of-the-inter.html

  • FARNBOROUGH: Results so far on Skylon Pre-cooler testing get Ministerial and ESA approval (Updated)

    Blog | 12 Jul 2012 15:34 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/07/farnborough-skylon-pre-cooler.html

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